great, just great. of course his family would choose to visit him the same day sakura was coming over. it wasn’t that he hated his family -- sure, he was a bit scared of his mother at times, but it was out of reverence. but he had been looking forward to his date spending some alone time with sakura, and he knew sakura would want to say hello, and it was all just too much. he still could hardly wrap around the fact that they were dating. he loved sakura more than anything else, but that didn’t mean he would magically gain some semblance of romantic prowess.
sakura arrived on time just as expected, and he practically sprinted to the door to get it before someone else did. he cracked it open just the slightest, barely enough to see sakura’s face, and held onto the door with a death grip. “ hey, um ... how about instead of staying here, we go out somewhere ... ? l - like, um, a real date ... ” he trailed off, face burning up. it seemed no matter how he played his cards he’d just end up getting embarrassed. // @staright